- Subject: Accounting
- Fee: $100
- CPD: 2 Hours
- Prerequisites: Intermediate Accounting
- Advance preparation: IFRS Standards
- Language: English
- Course Level: Intermediate
- Delivery Method: Zoom
Course description
This course on financial analysis demonstrates how to conduct a thorough financial analysis of any organization using a variety of ratios derived from its financial statements.
Learning objectives
- Explain overall efficiency ratios: Total asset turnover and net asset turnover ratio
- Explain working capital efficiency ratios: inventory efficiency, accounts receivable efficiency, and accounts payable efficiency ratios
- Understand different types of debt financing tools, equity, and leverage ratios
- Use real-life cash flow statements to assess the operations of a company
- Analyze the profitability, efficiency, and leverage ratios that make up the pyramid of ratios
- Understand the links between the pyramid’s primary, secondary, and tertiary ratios
- Construct a pyramid of ratios using a set of published financial statements and perform a complete financial analysis.
Assessment
This course is delivered via Zoom. Instructional materials, including PowerPoint presentations, videos, and additional reading materials, are provided on the day of the activities.
Attendance/Participation — Successful completion of each Zoom Virtual Structured Activity is attained through compliance with the mandatory attendance policy. If the Zoom Virtual Structured Activity is one (1) hour long, students must attend the entire hour/activity. Students must login to Zoom on time or a few minutes early and not leave before the activity ends. Students who are late, absent, or leave early will not be awarded CPD hours or a certificate of completion. Upon successful completion of a course, students are awarded a certificate of completion.
